159 



The males of Chlorobapta may be thus tabulated: — 



Hind tibise bispinose at apex. 



Claws of middle tarsi alike in shape ... frontalis 

 Claws of middle tarsi not alike in shape bcsti 

 Hind tibia? produced but not bispinose 

 at apex. 

 Hind tibiae stout and strongly dentate 



near base tibialis 



Hind tibia? not dentate near base ... hirtipes 



Clithria eucnemis, Burm. 



PI. viii., figs. 41 to 48; pi. ix., figs. 49, 50, 51; pi. xiii., 

 figs. 148, 149, 150, 158. 



var. albersi, Kraatz. 



var. nigricollis, Kraatz. 



This species is very variable both sexually and individu- 

 ally ; and Victorian specimens, as a rule, are larger than those 

 from Queensland. 



The male has very peculiar hind legs (fig. 158), utterly 

 different to those of any other Australian Cetonid. His front 

 tarsi also have a fringe of long and curious hairs, but it is 

 much more pronounced on some specimens than on others. 

 The hind tibiae have a tooth at the base, but it varies con- 

 siderably in size and acuteness. The clothing of the upper- 

 surface is also denser on the male than on the female. One 

 female has the upper-surface almost glabrous, but this may 

 l»e due to abrasion. 



The prothorax of the type had two black vittae, and several 

 such specimens are before me, in others the vittse are con- 

 joined, and on others the pale markings are represented by 

 small, pale, isolated spots. On the elytra there are usually 

 six black spots, usually connected with the suture, which itself 

 is black ; there is also a spot on each shoulder, but these are 

 sometimes conjoined to the subbasal ones. The pygidium is 

 dark on each side, and sometimes along part of the middle 

 as well. 



The female is usually larger than the male and frequently 

 has the prothorax entirely black, but that segment is also 

 sometimes bivittate, or with disconnected pale spots. The 

 scutellum is sometimes entirely black, but often has a pale 

 spot. The elytral spots are usually considerably larger than 

 on the male, and are sometimes so extended that they cover 

 much more of the surface than the pale portions; these, on 

 one Victorian specimen, consisting of four disconnected spots 

 only. The pygidium sometimes is entirely black, or varies 

 as in the male. 



